Piling & Foundations North Africa will take place in Cairo, Egypt on 22-25 November 2010. Piling & Deep Foundations North Africa, an exclusive North African focussed instalment of the industry leading four-day Piling & Deep Foundation event series, will provide exclusive case study presentations, best-practice discussion, regulatory updates and an exchange of innovative methods. Read more...

This reference book provides engineers and researchers with the essential knowledge for a clear understanding of the process of rock failure under different conditions. It contains an introductory chapter explaining the role of rock failure in engineering projects plus a summary of the theories governing rock failure and an explanation of the computer simulation method. Read more...

Construction IQ is proud to announce the 2nd Bridge Construction Europe conference, taking place 3rd-5th November 2010, at the Hotel Le Méridien Bristol, Warsaw, Poland. Bridge Construction Europe will gather key clients, contractors, consultants, and engineers involved with bridge construction and delivery in Warsaw, Poland in November. Read more...

The final version of the Conference Program is now available in electronic format. Read more...

Iraq scholars hosted by Geocomp as the country prepares to rebuild infrastructure and expand its skilled workforce. Read more...

The latest edition, August 2010, of Fine Ltd. E-Newsletter has been published. Read more...

The DFI Educational Trust announces the formation of a Scholarship Committee for the purpose of raising funds to support an endowed scholarship of at least $10,000 per year to the City College of New York (CCNY) Civil Engineering Department. Read more...

The latest edition, June 2010 Vol. 4 Issue 2, of Geocomp Corporation E-Newsletter has been published. Read more... Read more...

John Dunnicliff, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, independent geotechnical engineering consultant in the United Kingdom, was recently named a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Read more...

IQPC, the global leader in conferences, has announced the launch of Tunnel Design & Construction Northeast Asia, a two-day conference to bring the industry experts and best practices in the regional tunnelling industry onto a common platform. The conference will feature 20 international and regional experts from design, construction and asset owning fraternities. Read more...

Vancouver, Washington Mayor Timothy D. “Tim” Leavitt, P.E., director of civil engineering services for PBS Engineering + Environmental, and INC. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year Larry Taylor will keynote the upcoming Fall Meeting of ASFE/The Geoprofessional Business Association, October 7-9, at The Nines hotel, Portland, OR. Leavitt will address engineering leadership through public service. Read more...

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics and Symposium in Honor of Professor I.M. Idriss are now available. Read more...

IQPC's "Piling and Deep Foundations Europe" will take place at Warsaw, Poland on January 26-27, 2011. An ambitious agenda has been developed to cover a variety of piling challenges including: Solidifying understanding of deep foundations for various structures, translating ground investigation into applying innovative piling design techniques, maximising the flexural strength of the pile, etc. Read more...

IQPC's "Bridge Construction Europe" will take place at Warsaw, Poland on September 03-04, 2010. Infrastructural development has taken off throughout Eastern Europe. Building railways, motorways and bridges are an essential component to achieving integration and stimulating economic recovery. Read more...

The Committee of DFI's 4th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing, Marriott New Orleans LA, February 15-18, 2012, is accepting abstracts for papers, and session proposals until August 31. Read more...

DFI's Technical Lecture on "Use of Slurry Walls for Cutoffs" will take place at Radisson Hotel Sacramento, CA on July 22, 2010. Lectures by industry experts will cover topics on Slurry Wall and Cutoff Wall applications for Dams and Levees for new or repair projects. Read more...

IQPC's Tunnel Design & Construction Northeast Asia Event will take place in Hong Kong on 24-25 November, 2010. It is a comprehensive event on trends and technologies for the cost effective tunnel design, construction and maintenance for tunnels. Read more...

The latest edition, March 2010 Vol. 4 Issue 1, of Geocomp Corporation E-Newsletter has been published. Read more...

DFI's Super Pile 2010 will take place at Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans on June 10th-11th, 2010. This seminar will include sessions on the design and construction of Augered Cast-in-Place Piles, Driven Piles and Micropiles. Read more...

DFI's Drilled Shafts Specialty Seminar will take place at Embassy Suites Hotel - Bloomington Minneapolis, MN on July 12th, 2010. This seminar will give attendees the opportunity to learn from experts on the latest developments in drilled shaft design and construction. Read more...

The 2nd Annual Osterberg Memorial Lecture and Dinner will take place at Hotel Commonwealth, Boston, MA on June 24th, 2010. This lecture has been established in honor of the memory of Dr. Jorj O. Osterberg, to emphasize innovations or contributions to the deep foundation industry. Read more...

DFI's Educational Trust will hold its Golf Outing at the Chartiers Country Club, Pittsburgh, PA on July 12th 2010, in order to raise monies for DFI's existing memorial and scholarship funds. Read more...

Piling & Deep Foundations India 2010. Mumbai, India. 25-27 October, 2010. The event will ensure best practice in design, construction and implementation of the latest piling and deep foundation techniques. Read more...

DFI's 4th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing. Marriott New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. February 15-18, 2012. This conference, organized by the Internationl Conference Organization for Grouting, Inc. (ICOG) and the Deep Foundations Institute, is the 4th International Conference on the state-of-practice and state-of-the-art in grouting technology. The conference continues the series started in 1982 and its ten-year updates in 1992 and 2003. Read more...

Geoengineer.org is pleased to announce the launch of "Professor Ralph Peck's Legacy Website". The Website has been developed to celebrate his life and legacy and to honor such a distinguished geotechnical engineer for his dedication and contribution. Read more...

Tunnels & Underground Constructions India. New Delhi, India. 13-16 September, 2010. The agenda for Tunnels & Underground Construction India has been designed by the industry with the aim of providing insight into the many complex issues surrounding major tunnel projects. Read more...

James W. “Jay” Martin, P.E. is the new president of ASFE/The Geoprofessional Business Association, a not-for-profit association of geoprofessional firms that employ some 125,000 individuals worldwide. Read more...

GEER Association is pleased to announce the posting of the GEER preliminary report on the geotechnical effects of the 2010 Chile Earthquake. The February 27, 2010 Maule, Chile earthquake (Mw = 8.8) is the fifth largest earthquake to occur since 1900. Its effects were felt along 600 km of the central Chile coast. Read more...

GEO-FRONTIERS 2011. The Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Dallas, Texas, USA. 13-16 March 2011. The objective of Geo-Frontiers 2011 is to share new developments in geotechnical engineering technologies. Read more...

The latest edition, December 2009 Vol. 3 Issue 4, of Geocomp Corporation E-Newsletter has been published. Read more...

Members of GEER (Geo-Engineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance), will be presenting several special sessions during the Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics and Symposium in Honor of Professor I.M. Idriss. These experts will address issues surrounding recent earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, Peru, Italy, China, Japan, Pakistan and Honduras, and the tsunami in American Samoa. Read more...

Shamsher Prakash Foundation solicits nomination (no application) for young persons (45 years) primarily from practicing engineers from all over the world. Nominations are invited so as to reach the Honorary Secretary on or before June 30, 2010. Read more...

Abstracts and session proposals are being accepted for the First International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management (ICVRAM) to be held April 11-13, 2011 in Hyattsville, Maryland. The conference will include the Fifth International Symposium on Uncertainly Modeling and Analysis (ISUMA). Abstracts should describe the theme and content of the proposed paper and address one or more of the topics noted on the conference Web site. Read more...

The ASCE Council on Disaster Risk Management is organizing the 1st International Conference on Vulnerability & Risk Analysis & Management (ICVRAM) at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Washington Metropolitan area, April 11-13, 2011. Papers to be presented at this session will address ground engineering risk assessment, the management of risk, reliability and related issues – from research to case studies. The abstracts are to be submitted on line by April 29, 2010. Read more...

Dataforensics, maker of geotechnical data management software, and EarthScience Information Systems, developer of the environmental data management software program ESdat, are pleased to announce a technology partnership. Additionally, EarthScience Information Systems has been granted rights to represent Dataforensics’ data management software applications in Australia. Read more...

The International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management (ICVRAM)and ISUMA 2011Fifth International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis will take place on 11-13 April, 2011 at Marriott Inn & Conference Center, Maryland, USA. More information available here. Abstract submission deadline: April 29, 2010. Click here to Submit Abstracts.

After 2 years of development, Geoengineer.org is pleased to announce the launch of GeoLiFi, a searchable online database of Geoengineering Papers. GeoLiFi allows users to search, query, identify and purchase the publications of their interest in an effective, easy and immediate manner. Read more...

Dataforensics, a leader in data management software development and implementation, has released PLog version 6 and PLog Environmental. PLog v6 builds on the success and power of previous editions of PLog. PLog Environmental maintains all capabilities of PLog and adds on powerful modules to enable field personnel to record environmental testing and monitoring data as well as record information required to develop a chain of custody of form. Read more...

TNO DIANA BV is pleased to announce further details about its International Geotechnical Seminar "Geotechnical Advances in Urban Renewal: Analysis & Design". The event will take place at Imperial College London, UK on the 20th of April 2010. Due to the large number of registrants for this event you will need to reserve a place by submitting a registration form. Read more...

The latest edition, March 2010, of Fine Ltd. E-Newsletter has been published. Read more...

Following the earthquake of 12 January 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, researchers from numerous organizations worked collaboratively as a GEER team to perform a reconnaissance of geological, seismological, and geotechnical aspects of the earthquake effects. The results are summarized in a report recently published on the GEER web site. Read more...

DFI’s Board of Trustees announces the appointment of Mary Ellen Bruce, P.E., as Technical Activities Manager, after a year-long search. Read more...

The latest edition, February 2010, of Fine Ltd. E-Newsletter has been published. Read more...

You are invited to register for the Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics and Symposium in Honor of Professor I.M. Idriss, and take advantage of the Early Bird discount. Registration is available online. Click here for more information.

Nicholson was awarded a subcontract by Traylor Bros./Frontier-Kemper JV that includes temporary shoring and the construction of the permanent reinforced concrete diaphragm walls for the a new light rail station near the University of Washington’s Husky Stadium in Seattle. Read more...

Nicholson was recently awarded a subcontract by E.E. Cruz and Tully Construction Co., a Joint Venture that includes approximately 200,000 SF of diaphragm walls for the construction of the 96th Street station box as part of New York City’s Second Avenue Subway project. Read more...

The book covers all of the major geotechnical topics in the simplest possible way adopting a hands-on approach with a very strong practical bias. There are a few carefully selected review exercises at the end of each chapter with answers given whenever possible. Read more...

Shamsher Prakash Foundation solicits nomination (no application) for the 2010 SHAMSHER PRAKASH RESEARCH AWARD. Nominations are invited on or before March 31, 2010. For more information click here.

ADSC's informative seminar will take place on March 19 2010, at Doubletree Hotel, Houston Intercontinental, Houston, Texas. To download the registration brochure for the upcoming event click here.

You are invited to register for the upcoming 2nd International Symposium on Cone Penetration Testing, CPT'10 to be held May 9-11, 2010 at the Hyatt Hotel in Huntington Beach, California. Please register early to take advantage of the early registration discount. This special price is only available until February 12! Read more...

TNO DIANA BV is pleased to invite you to its promotional training course on 3D Finite Element Analysis for Geotechnical & Tunnel Engineering, that will be held in TNO Zuidpolder Complex, Delft - The Netherlands, on 4-5 March 2010. Read more...

TNO DIANA BV is pleased to announce the International Geotechnical Seminar "Geotechnical Advances in Urban Renewal: Analysis & Design", that will be held in London, UK, on 20 April 2010. Read more...

Andy Brengola, P.E. has been named District Manager of Nicholson Construction Company’s New England district office in Hudson, MA. In his new position, Mr. Brengola will oversee Nicholson’s New England construction operations and business development efforts. For more information click here.